From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

XGID=---cBCC--C--cB---b-cAAb-b-:1:-1:1:22:0:0:0:0:10

Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O X X O O | +---+
| X O | | O O O | | 2 |
| | | O | +---+
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 135 O: 147 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 22

---
Tim Chow
--- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

XGID=---cBCC--C--cB---b-cAAb-b-:1:-1:1:22:0:0:0:0:10

Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O X X O O | +---+
| X O | | O O O | | 2 |
| | | O | +---+
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 135 O: 147 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 22

Since X is ahead in the pip count, priming didn't seem to me to be the
right game plan. But other than making the bar point, there isn't really anything particularly constructive to do. Given that X can't clean up
his blots, making a broken five-prime at least interferes with the
possibility that O might attack, and escape her back checkers easily
while we're on the bar.

In the variant, X is anchored, and racing is a more viable game plan,
although XG still favors making the bar point.

1. Rollout-| 13/7 9/7 eq:+0.329
Player: 67.45% (G:19.49% B:0.93%)
Opponent: 32.55% (G:9.97% B:0.33%)
Confidence: -#0.009 (+0.320..+0.339) - [100.0%]

2. Rollout-| 20/14 6/4 eq:+0.228 (-0.101)
Player: 65.02% (G:16.80% B:0.73%)
Opponent: 34.98% (G:11.46% B:0.22%)
Confidence: -#0.008 (+0.220..+0.236) - [0.0%]

3. Rollout-| 20/16 13/11(2) eq:+0.221 (-0.108)
Player: 64.69% (G:17.57% B:0.83%)
Opponent: 35.31% (G:11.91% B:0.20%)
Confidence: -#0.009 (+0.213..+0.230) - [0.0%]

4. Rollout-| 20/16 9/5 eq:+0.207 (-0.122)
Player: 64.33% (G:17.08% B:0.72%)
Opponent: 35.67% (G:11.93% B:0.22%)
Confidence: -#0.010 (+0.197..+0.217) - [0.0%]

5. Rollout-| 9/7(3) 6/4 eq:+0.194 (-0.135)
Player: 63.00% (G:18.42% B:0.79%)
Opponent: 37.00% (G:11.65% B:0.23%)
Confidence: -#0.009 (+0.185..+0.203) - [0.0%]

6. Rollout-| 9/7(2) 9/5 eq:+0.194 (-0.135)
Player: 62.66% (G:18.57% B:0.90%)
Opponent: 37.34% (G:11.02% B:0.20%)
Confidence: -#0.008 (+0.185..+0.202) - [0.0%]

-| 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 271828
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release

-------
Variant
-------

XGID=---cBCC--C--cB---b-cB-b-b-:1:-1:1:22:0:0:0:0:10

Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O X O O | +---+
| X O | | O X O O | | 2 |
| | | O | +---+
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
| O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 134 O: 147 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 22

1. Rollout-| 13/7 9/7 eq:+0.464
Player: 72.83% (G:14.65% B:0.56%)
Opponent: 27.17% (G:4.63% B:0.11%)
Confidence: -#0.007 (+0.457..+0.471) - [100.0%]

2. Rollout-| 20/16(2) eq:+0.427 (-0.038)
Player: 72.89% (G:9.86% B:0.38%)
Opponent: 27.11% (G:4.19% B:0.09%)
Confidence: -#0.006 (+0.420..+0.433) - [0.0%]

-| 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 271828
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release

---
Tim Chow
--- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2